When The Science Of Cymatics And The Art Of Distillation Meet

When the people from Glenfiddich, the Maverick Whisky Makers of Dufftown, began to search for a suitably fitting way to celebrate their 21 Year Old liquid, an exceptional single malt nurtured in Scotland and finished in rum-infused casks from the Caribbean, the journey led them to a ground-breaking meshing of science, art, music and motion – and a transformation of the whisky into a visible expression of itself.

In this ambitious project which spanned twelve months and brought together a diverse ‘cast’ including experts in the science of Cymatics – the study of visible sound waves – Caribbean vocalist, Calma Carmona, and the Co-Operative Orchestra Scotland, Glenfiddich has conducted a revolutionary experiment designed to explore the effects of live music on single malt.

Inspired by the whisky raised in Scotland and roused by the Caribbean, a Franz Ferdinand track, Love Illumination, was selected as the experiment’s catalyst, with a new…